KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Calm waters in the Launch Complex 39 Area turn basin provide smooth transit for the Pegasus barge, carrying external tank No. 120. The tank will be used for launching Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-120 in October. The barge has carried the tank from the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, making the journey around the Florida peninsula in tow by the JA Bisso II tugboat, to Port Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center. After the tank is offloaded, it will be towed to the Vehicle Assembly Building for lifting into a checkout cell. NASA/Amanda Diller
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date July 29, 2007